Alena needs your help!

8-year-old Alena survived 16 brain surgeries and spent half of her days in neurosurgical reanimation. The girl’s life depends entirely on a shunt, an artificial pump piping system diverting cerebrospinal fluid from the head.

Alena was born with shunt-dependent hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy resulting from a severe birth injury. Despite her health problems, Alena can read and write, and she recently started her first year in a specialized school. One thing that the girl has a hard time trying is walk on her own.

On April 4, 2017 Alena came back from diagnostics in Germany. According to the doctors, the girl needs an urgent brain endoscopy. The surgeons can replace the old shunt with a more refined shunt system that will drastically improve Alena’s quality of life.